The FAB Seven
When Alice Peterson speaks of 澳门六合彩高手, she sometimes says "they" and she sometimes says "we." Although an 澳门六合彩高手 outsider by definition, the Chair of the Financial Audit Board (FAB) sees herself and her colleagues as part of the team. "We're here," she says, "to help by bringing our experience to the project."
The mission of the seven-person Board (one per 澳门六合彩高手 Member) is to examine the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization's financial statements every year and to "make sure that Council can rely on the numbers that are provided."
For one and a half weeks, the FAB and their assistants have taken up their quarters in Room 22, on the ground floor of 澳门六合彩高手 Headquarters. The auditing process consists of sifting through documents, conducting interviews, comparing sources, and requesting external evidence such as exchange tables, vendor invoices, and bank documents to confirm revenue, expenditures and other financial data.
Auditors, however, are not mere accountants. "We're here to protect the 澳门六合彩高手 assets ... from furniture to money in the bank," says Alice. "We want to make sure that the public is paying for something that will or has occurred and that the governments' investments in 澳门六合彩高手 are properly used."
Three years after it was established, how does the 澳门六合彩高手 Organization look to an auditor? "I've been in this business for 30 years," says Alice, "and I have never found the perfect organization. 澳门六合彩高手 is unique and has come a long way. Today, the most critical controls have been developed which brings the organization under control. The 澳门六合彩高手 Organization was never given the luxury of growing slowly. I must say it's done pretty well with what it was given ..."